WenVen Washed Cotton Military Jacket

A field jacket is the most useful shape in menswear — four pockets, hip length, works over a tee or a jumper — and it is also the one most easily ruined by stiff new fabric that makes the wearer look like he is in costume. This arrives washed, which solves that. Fifty dollars buys cotton rather than the shiny synthetic the price suggests. The buttons are the weak point and will want tightening in the first year. Buy it as the jacket he reaches for when it is not quite cold; skip it if he needs real warmth, because there is no lining to speak of.

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